2018 Nelsonville Music Festival, part 1

Perenially popular Twain made unusual and pleasing guitar effects on the Boxcar Stage Friday.

On the Porch Stage, Combo Chimbita drew a big crowd. The weather was steamy -- it had rained a short time before -- and the music was steamy, too, and the audience didn't mind the former and loved the latter.

Kids have a good time at NMF, too. Here, 3-year-old Louisa of Millfield explores the joys of cotton candy, all squooshed together.

As evening began to descend, the popular Deer Tick -- featuring a left-handed bassist -- took the Main Stage.

The Wooden Shjips band -- no, it's not a typo -- performed on the Porch Stage Friday night. It was darker than the picture makes it look.

When darkness comes, balloons with lights inside them start to make sense.